
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1946-08-29
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Franco Lo Cascio
Biography
Luca Damiano (born Franco Lo Cascio; 29 August 1946) is an Italian film director. Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of Fernando Di Leo in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody film 'Piedino il questurino' starring Franco Franchi. After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatural thriller 'Un urlo dalle tenebre' in 1976, Lo Cascio withdrew from directing to focus on his distribution company 'Patrizia Cinematografica' he founded together with Diego Spadaro. In 1984, he adopted his stage name Luca Damiano and directed and produced numerous pornographic films. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Luca Damiano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

The Boss
as Cinema Spectator (uncredited)

The Return of the Exorcist
as Photographer

Guardami
as Luca

Snow White and 7 Dwarfs
as The King Father

Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
as The King-father

Le avventure eroti di Cappuccetto Rosso
as Il Choco

Il Monaco

Orient Express
as The Person Robbed

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
as Self

Penocchio
as Geppetto